Crossword-Solution: CTENOID
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Ctenoid | a. | Having a comblike margin, as a ctenoid scale |
| Ctenoid | a. | Pertaining to the Ctenoidei. |
| Ctenoid | n. | A ctenoidean. |
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| Word | Anagrams | |
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| CTENOID | anagram | NOTICED |
We have 1 clue for the answer “CTENOID”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Having a comb-like margin, as fish scales. | 1 answer |
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Sentences with CTENOID (4)
The Ganoid order in the days of the Weald was growing old; and two new orders,--the Ctenoid and Cycloid,--were on the eve of taking its place in creation.
Along with the cetaceans came the soft-scaled Cycloid and Ctenoid fishes, orders which took the place of the Ganoids and Placoids of the Mesozoic times.
Agassiz, proceeding upon the characters of the scales and plates, has given rise to the following orders, namely, the Placoid, or broad-plated scale; the Ganoid, or the shining-scale; the Ctenoid, or comb-shaped scale; and the Cycloid, or marginated scale.
Most of the fishes belonging to the tertiary era are of the Cycloid and Ctenoid orders, with thin fragile scales, which, unlike the Ganoids whose cuirassed bodies were protected by a thick covering of plates, have been unable to preserve the integrity of their form and outline.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1946).